Pence: Space Force Will Be Independent Service by 2020, Include Elite Operators

The US has outlined plans to "prepare for the next battlefield" by creating a new "Space Force" to counter the threat of China and Russian Federation.

In a speech at the Pentagon in Washington DC, he said that while space was once peaceful and uncontested, it is now crowded and adversarial.

At that point, the subject of a service branch for space had already been the subject of hot debate within the military and Congress. Leaders of the Air Force, which now owns existing military operations regarding space, have argued that the service does not have the resources to support a separate space service.

All are Well Set for the Upcoming Sunday Game
If they are not able to finish the game, then you will get top competitions in this league, said by the linebacker, Alec Ogletree. They have started making plans and on-field preparations for the Sunday game again the New York Giant at the Twickenham Stadium .

Pence pointed to Russia's development of airborne lasers to disrupt space-based systems and China's successful demonstration of how a missile can track and destroy satellites.

"Creating a new branch of the military is not a simple process", Pence noted.

Pence said the initial request from Congress would be for 8 billion dollars over five years to be included in the defense spending budget for the fiscal year 2020. We are going to have the Air Force and we are going to have the Space Force - separate but equal. For example, some folks have raised objections about creating another government entity to do work already under the Air Force's purview.

Mr. Pence said the administration already is working with Congress on the issue. His visit comes less than two months after President Trump rallied for Stauber, and held a roundtable about mining. The proposal would also need Congressional approval.

Pence announced the new branch with a disturbing bit of imperialism. "Space is essential to the nation's security and prosperity".

Fox News anchor Shep Smith mocked Vice President Mike Pence's announcement of the U.S. Space Force on Thursday. "The Space Force will grow the world's most capable national security space workforce". This force will draw from across the military to provide space expertise in times of crisis and conflict, Pence said.

It says the department will establish a Space Command to develop warfighting operations, a Space Development Agency to more quickly identify and develop new technologies, a Space Operations Force of leaders and fighters and a new support structure.

Manafort's 'right-hand man' to testify in fraud trial
Gates, who pleaded guilty and is cooperating with the special counsel, is expected to be the star prosecution witness. Laporta, who was granted immunity , testified that she changed the loan amount but "very much" regretted her actions.

Google officially names Android 9 as Android Pie
Google is dropping a major surprise on us today and releasing the final consumer-ready version of Android P. It has a final name: the version number is "9" (not "9.0"), and we know what the "P" stands for: " Pie ".

Chelsea complete club-record £141.6M transfer
Kepa played 30 times in La Liga for Bilbao last season and kept seven clean sheets as the Basque side finished 16th in the table. What appears to be a massive oversight from Chelsea translates to the dream scenario for Real Madrid, however.